BenchLab.com enables quick, cost-effective hardware benchmarks remotely via
web browser
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- TechInsights and Timesys
Corporation announced today that they are jointly launching BenchLab.com, a
complete, secure development environment for conducting hardware and
software evaluations over the web via a browser. BenchLab.com combines
TechInsights' patented VirtuaLab online lab environment and Timesys'
patented customizable Linux(R) building environment to provide system
architects and design engineers the ability to test hardware with
benchmarks in a real lab environment from anywhere in the world.
BenchLab.com provides full benchmarking capabilities, without the hassle of
obtaining the boards, configuring the boards or any other set up, and
allows users to achieve significant efficiencies in time and cost.
Developers can precisely configure the hardware and Linux environment
required and can run the lab's existing benchmarks or upload their own.
Using the BenchLab.com portal, users can automatically run the selected
benchmarks on a user-specified set of platforms that includes boards as
well as user-specified hardware and software configurations. Users can also
generate a summary report that compares benchmark results on different
platforms. The development environment reduces risk, time and resource
consumption when benchmarking, enabling more time to be spent on analyzing
results.
"This new offering will allow engineers to access a range of products
in a short amount of time, so they can run benchmarks and get results
instantly without having to setup any hardware or software themselves,"
said Jenn Markey, senior vice president of TechInsights' TechOnline
business unit. "Benchmarking can be a very time consuming process --
BenchLab.com allows designers to achieve their goals more quickly and get
to market faster."
"We are excited to further integrate LinuxLink with TechInsights'
patented VirtuaLab," said Greg Quiggle, vice president of sales and
marketing for Timesys. "Doing so enables embedded development teams to
quickly evaluate key performance metrics for a given hardware platform as
well as its ability to support common embedded Linux implementations."
BenchLab.com will initially launch with the i.MX27 multimedia
applications processor board, based on the ARM926EJ-S(TM) core, from
Freescale Semiconductor and the 440EPx Power Architecture-based board from
AMCC. Additional boards will be added over time.
"Freescale has always strived to provide and advocate meaningful
benchmarking methods upon which the industry can rely," said Aaron Shagrin,
director of enablement for Freescale's Multimedia Applications Division.
"We have confidence in the performance of our i.MX27 processor and
anticipate that our prospects, customers, and partners will discover that
BenchLabs.com is an excellent way to quantify the advanced system-level
performance it delivers for embedded Linux applications."
Charlie Ashton, Director of Enablement at AMCC added, "AMCC is excited
to offer our 440EPx as the first Power Architecture SoC to this innovative
web-based Linux benchmarking lab. The PowerPC 440EPx evaluation kit is
ideal for this environment as it provides users with a comprehensive set of
resources to evaluate the PowerPC 440EPx processor as well as to start
system development. We think this marks the first time relevant Linux-based
benchmarking can be performed and customized online conveniently by our
customers."
Access to the new portal will be subscription-based, but will launch as
a free subscription site for the remainder of 2008.
About Timesys (http://www.timesys.com)
Timesys is the provider of LinuxLink, a web-based software subscription
for both first-time and experienced embedded Linux developers. LinuxLink
provides the embedded software, tools, documentation and support needed to
quickly optimize a custom Linux platform for a given processor. LinuxLink
enables embedded development teams to unleash the innovation of Linux
without sacrificing the quality, service and support of a traditional
commercial embedded operating system.
About TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com)
TechInsights is the daily source of essential business and technical
information for the electronics industry's decision makers -- the Creators
of Technology -- that define, develop, and bring to market the electronic
products that improve our lives. With global market leading brands such as
EE Times, Semiconductor Insights, TechOnline, Embedded Systems Conferences
and Portelligent, TechInsights is the leading dedicated information and
services business serving the worldwide electronics market. TechInsights is
a division of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/),
a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services
with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.
Contact
Felicia Hamerman
TechInsights
(516) 562-5652
fhamerman@cmp.com
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CONTACT:
Felicia Hamerman of TechInsights,
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